<p>I’m from the world’s most boring suburban “city”–ok, we have the beach, and Miami and Fort Lauderdale are nearby, but it’s still terrible. I can’t go anywhere on my own without a car, leaving me completely dependent on my mom (or my area’s terrible public transportation system) to do anything. Walking? Please, the only thing I can walk to are more houses. There’s a state university about a 45-minute walk from where I live, but there’s nothing to do there. My city’s downtown is a joke; it’s a bunch of tacky condos with horribly overpriced restaurants and stores.</p>
<p>Yes, I’m desperate to go to college in a big city. I want to get away from the suburbs and go somewhere where I can take a nice walk and actually see something other than gated communities, and I want all the opportunities cities have–culture, the arts, the chance to experience new things, access to interesting internships.</p>